Basket.



A. H. CRAWFORD. BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18, 1910.

1,095,820, Patented May 5, 1914 A By y ATTORNEY.

COLUMBIA PMNDGRAPH CO WASHINGTON. D. c-.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrroni.

AMOS H. CRAWFORD, OF LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK.

BASKET.

a basket which shall be very simple and in- I expensive in its manufacture, strong and durable, and at the same time produce a structure which will be especially adapted to be used as a ladys work-basket.

To that end the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the component parts of the basket hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the basket embodying my,

present invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary inverted plan view; and Fig. 4 is a fraomentary plan view of the bottom detached.

Referring to said drawings -A denotes the body of the basket which is formed of the well known willows a woven on the standards bb which preferably consist of willows. This body may be of any desired style, however I prefer to make the same round as shown.

The invention resides in the simple and efficient attachment of the standards -Z bto the bottom B- which consists of a plain circular board. To secure the said standards to the board, I provide the marginal portion of said boards with a series of uniformly shaped notches 0-o into which the so-called butt-end portions of the standards bb are inserted so as to be disposed flush with the edge of the board. These notches may be produced by means of a saw and are preferably of rectangular shape in cross-section as more clearly shown in Fig. 4c. The said standards are preferably composed of Wood and are round in cross- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 18, 1910.

Patented May 5, 1914:.

Serial No. 556,209.

section. It will beunderstood that these standards may be formed of wire and otherwise shaped in cross-section. The width of a notch is slightly less than the diameter of the standard so that the standardmay be driven thereinto with a tight fit. It will be understood that before a standard is. driven into a notch the intervening portion is dipped into glue. In some instances I desire to apply a metal band d to the periphery of the board, more particularly in making a basket of large size. This band is attached by means of nails and renders the attachment of the standard more secure. The ends of the standards are flush with the lower face of the board so as to preserve a smooth surface. The upper ends of the standards may extend some distance above the woven willows so as to provide convenient holders for spools of thread as indicated by dotted lines, or for pin or needle-cushions, balls of yarn, button-holders, etc.

It is obvious that the standards Z)bmay terminate flush with the top of the wicker work, and that false standards may be driven into the top of the wicker work along the side of the aforesaid standards so as to project above the top to provide the holders for the spools, etc.

hat I claim is 1. A basket comprising a circular wood bottom having radial notches in its periphery, upright dowels having their lower ends compressed and tightly fitted in said notches and terminating in a plane co-incident with the underside of the bottom, and willows separate from and interwoven with the dowels to form the sides of the basket.

2. A basket comprising a wood bottom having substantially rectangular notches opening from the outer edges thereof, up right dowels of slightly greater diameter than the width of the notches and having their lower ends compressed and tightly fitted in said notches, and willows separate from and interwoven with the dowels to form the sides of the basket.

AMOS H. GRAVVFORD.

Witnesses GILES B. EVERSON, H. A. LOV'ELAOE.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

